September 24, 2012

A refreshingly honest exchange between a reporter and the PR guy for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took place Sunday, and really brightened up our day, because finally they were saying what they really think.

The context was Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines calling the CNN’s handling of its discovery of the diary of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens in the wreckage of the attack in Benghazi. Buzzfeed reporter Michael Hastings was pressing Reines on his description of CNN’s behavior as “disgusting.”

On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Reines, Philippe I wrote:
I now understand why the official investigation by the Department of the Defense as reported by The Army Times The Washington Post concluded beyond a doubt that you’re an unmitigated asshole.
How’s that for a non-bullshit response?
Now that we’ve gotten that out of our systems, have a good day.
And by good day, I mean Fuck Off